Obesity and Preference-Weighted Quality of Life of Ethnically Diverse Middle School Children: The HEALTHY Study

Table 2

Unadjusted preference-weighted QOL scores stratified by clinical and demographic characteristics.

	𝑁	Health Utility Index 2		Health Utility Index 3		Feeling thermometer
		Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)
BMI%
<85	2456	0.853	(0.157)	0.805	(0.233)	0.826	(0.156)
85–94	1003	0.848	(0.157)	0.795	(0.236)	0.803	(0.155)
95–99	1176	0.838	(0.163)	0.786	(0.242)	0.784	(0.159)
99+	344	0.814	(0.175)	0.759	(0.245)	0.740	(0.189)
		<0.001		0.004		<0.001
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)
<100	4172	0.845	(0.160)	0.794	(0.238)	0.807	(0.161)
100–110	745	0.852	(0.160)	0.803	(0.230)	0.798	(0.161)
100+	62	0.815	(0.173)	0.779	(0.262)	0.790	(0.179)
		0.135		0.438		0.346
Fasting insulin (𝜇U/mL)
<30	4653	0.847	(0.159)	0.797	(0.237)	0.809	(0.159)
30+	326	0.830	(0.168)	0.781	(0.237)	0.761	(0.181)
		0.088		0.272		<0.001
Age
10 or younger	91	0.849	(0.174)	0.790	(0.250)	0.808	(0.187)
11	3535	0.852	(0.153)	0.806	(0.225)	0.810	(0.158)
12	1353	0.829	(0.174)	0.768	(0.262)	0.795	(0.166)
		<0.001		<0.001		0.112
Sex
Male	2336	0.847	(0.160)	0.799	(0.238)	0.811	(0.154)
Female	2643	0.845	(0.160)	0.793	(0.236)	0.800	(0.167)
		0.697		0.331		0.006
Tanner stage
1	492	0.872	(0.147)	0.821	(0.220)	0.802	(0.162)
2	1280	0.851	(0.149)	0.803	(0.221)	0.811	(0.155)
3	1964	0.845	(0.161)	0.798	(0.238)	0.808	(0.160)
4 or 5	1170	0.830	(0.174)	0.773	(0.256)	0.798	(0.168)
		<0.001		<0.001		0.150
Family history of diabetes
Yes	649	0.832	(0.168)	0.773	(0.256)	0.786	(0.167)
No	3004	0.850	(0.157)	0.802	(0.232)	0.810	(0.159)
		0.014		0.007		0.002
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	2857	0.836	(0.163)	0.779	(0.244)	0.791	(0.164)
Black	1066	0.849	(0.159)	0.802	(0.235)	0.825	(0.159)
White	1056	0.870	(0.149)	0.834	(0.214)	0.826	(0.152)
		<0.001		<0.001		0.019
Highest educational grade attained in household
No HS diploma	1308	0.833	(0.167)	0.773	(0.251)	0.789	(0.166)
Some college	2620	0.849	(0.161)	0.799	(0.234)	0.807	(0.162)
College grade or higher	912	0.859	(0.144)	0.825	(0.214)	0.827	(0.153)
		0.015		<0.001		0.009